Nehemiah 5:18

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and every ten days skins of wine in abundance; yet with all this I did not demand the food allowance of the governor, because of the heavy burden of labor on the people.

Cross References

1 Kings 5:3

“You know that my father David could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the warfare with which his enemies surrounded him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.

Psalm 37:21

The wicked borrow, and do not pay back, but the righteous are generous and keep giving;

Psalm 37:26

They are ever giving liberally and lending, and their children become a blessing.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

and we did not eat anyone's bread without paying for it; but with toil and labor we worked night and day, so that we might not burden any of you.